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1 wide apart
• kaukana toisistaan* * *(a great (or greater than average) distance away from one another: He held his hands wide apart.) levällään -
2 with one's legs wide apart
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3 wide
• isosuinen• aukea• avoin• avara• silmänkantamaton• aava• väljä• kaukana• kauas• leveä• harhaan osunut• suuri• laakea• laajalle ulottuva• lavea• laaja-alainen• laajalle• laaja• laajalti• lakea• laajalla* * *1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) leveä, laaja2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) leveä3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) reilu4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) laaja2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) ammollaan- widely- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide open
См. также в других словарях:
wide´ness — wide «wyd», adjective, wid|er, wid|est, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. filling more space from side to side than the usual thing of the same sort; not narrow; broad: »a wide street, a wide hall … Useful english dictionary
wide — rather than widely is used in a number of fixed expressions such as wide apart, wide awake, and wide open, as an element in the word widespread, and in the phrases hit (or shoot) wide and open one s eyes wide … Modern English usage
wide — wide1 W1S1 [waıd] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(distance)¦ 2¦(variety)¦ 3¦(in many places)¦ 4 a wide variation/difference/gap etc 5 the wider context/issues/picture etc 6¦(eyes)¦ 7 give somebody/something a wide berth 8¦(not hit something)¦ 9 the (big) wide… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wide — 1 /waId/ adjective 1 DISTANCE a) measuring a large distance from one side to the other: a hat with a wide brim opposite narrow 1 (1) b) five metres/two miles etc wide measuring five metres etc from one side to the other: The door s three feet… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wide — wide1 [ waıd ] adjective *** ▸ 1 far from side to side ▸ 2 open/large ▸ 3 large/including a lot ▸ 4 about general aspects ▸ 5 going farther than meant 1. ) measuring a large distance from one side to the other: Beijing s wide avenues and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wide — I UK [waɪd] / US adjective Word forms wide : adjective wide comparative wider superlative widest *** 1) a) measuring a large distance from one side to the other Beijing s wide avenues and boulevards An earthquake shook a wide area of southern… … English dictionary
wide — I. adjective (wider; widest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German wīt wide Date: before 12th century 1. a. having great extent ; vast < a wide area > b. extending over a vast area … New Collegiate Dictionary
apart — Synonyms and related words: a huis clos, adrift, alien, alienated, all to pieces, alone, aloof, apart from, aside, aside from, asunder, at a distance, away, away from, behind closed doors, besides, bipartite, by itself, by two, companionless,… … Moby Thesaurus
wide — [wīd] adj. wider, widest [ME < OE wid, akin to Ger weit < IE * wi itos, lit., gone apart (< bases * wi , apart + * ei , to go) > L vitare, lit., to go away from, avoid] 1. extending over a large area; esp., extending over a larger… … English World dictionary
Wide Gauge — was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of wide gauge locomotives and rolling stock… … Wikipedia
wide — O.E. wid, from P.Gmc. *widas (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. wid, O.N. viðr, Du. wijd, O.H.G. wit, Ger. weit), perhaps from PIE *wi ito , from root *wi apart, away. Wide open unguarded, exposed to attack (1915) originally was in boxing, etc. Wide awake ( … Etymology dictionary
